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Unify Your Enterprise: Dynamics AX & SAP S/4HANA Integration

Achieve Real-time Financial Consolidation, Streamlined Supply Chain, and Harmonized Master Data with Intelligent iPaaS.

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The Challenge

The Challenge of Disconnected ERPs: Dynamics AX & SAP S/4HANA Silos

Many enterprises operate with a hybrid ERP landscape, often with Dynamics AX managing specific operational functions or legacy business units, while SAP S/4HANA serves as the strategic financial and core ERP system. This creates significant integration challenges, leading to data inconsistencies, manual processes, and delayed insights.

  • Manual data entry between systems leads to errors and delays.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into financial and operational data.
  • Inconsistent master data (customer, vendor, product) across ERPs.
  • Slow and cumbersome financial close processes.
  • Inefficient procure-to-pay and order-to-cash cycles.
  • High maintenance costs for point-to-point integrations or custom code.
  • Difficulty in achieving compliance and robust audit trails.
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The Solution

Intelligent Integration for Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA with iPaaS

Our powerful Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) provides a comprehensive, low-code solution to seamlessly connect Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA. It orchestrates complex business processes, harmonizes master data, and ensures real-time data flow, transforming your dual-ERP environment into a unified, agile enterprise.

  • Pre-built connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF services) and SAP S/4HANA (OData APIs)
  • Visual drag-and-drop workflow designer for rapid development
  • Robust data mapping and transformation engine with AI assistance
  • Support for event-driven, real-time, and batch integration patterns
  • Centralized monitoring, error handling, and alerting
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Pre-built connectors for Dynamics AX (AIF services) and SAP S/4HANA (OData APIs)
  • Visual drag-and-drop workflow designer for rapid development
  • Robust data mapping and transformation engine with AI assistance
  • Support for event-driven, real-time, and batch integration patterns
  • Centralized monitoring, error handling, and alerting
  • Comprehensive security and compliance features

Technical Deep Dive: Dynamics AX & SAP S/4HANA Integration

Our iPaaS provides a robust and flexible architecture for connecting Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA. Leveraging native APIs, event-driven patterns, and low-code tools, we ensure secure, scalable, and real-time data exchange for your critical business processes.

Data Flow Steps

Establish Connectivity: Securely connect to Dynamics AX via AIF services (SOAP) or custom web services (X++) and to SAP S/4HANA via OData APIs (SAP Gateway) or RFC/BAPI calls.

Define Event Triggers: Configure event listeners or webhooks within the iPaaS to detect changes in source systems (e.g., new sales order in AX, updated business partner in S/4HANA). For AX, this might involve database triggers or polling AIF queues. For S/4HANA, this typically uses SAP Event Mesh or OData service notifications.

Data Extraction: Extract relevant data entities from the source system, ensuring efficient query optimization (e.g., `$select` and `$filter` for S/4HANA OData, specific AIF read operations for AX).

Mapping & Transformation: Utilize the iPaaS visual mapping canvas to transform source data schemas to target schemas. Apply data cleansing, enrichment, and business logic (e.g., currency conversion, unit of measure conversion, ID lookups). AI-assisted mapping accelerates this step.

Data Validation: Implement comprehensive validation rules within the iPaaS to ensure data integrity and compliance with target system requirements before posting. AI-driven anomaly detection flags suspicious data.

Data Loading: Post the transformed and validated data to the target system using its respective APIs (e.g., AX AIF `create` / `update` services, S/4HANA OData `POST` / `PATCH` requests).

Error Handling & Retries: Implement intelligent retry mechanisms with exponential backoff for transient errors. Route persistent errors to dead-letter queues and trigger alerts for manual intervention.

Monitoring & Logging: Centralized dashboards provide real-time visibility into integration performance, transaction status, and error logs. Comprehensive audit trails are maintained for compliance.

Data Touchpoints

Dynamics AX: Sales Order, Customer, Product (Item), Vendor, Purchase Order, Inventory Journal, General Ledger Journal, Invoice (Sales/Free Text), Payment, Employee.
SAP S/4HANA: Business Partner (Customer/Vendor), Material (Product), Sales Order, Purchase Order, Invoice (Customer/Supplier), Payment, General Ledger Entry, Inventory (Stock), Condition Record (Pricing), Project.

"A high-level diagram illustrating data flow typically involves: [Source System (Dynamics AX)] -> [iPaaS (Connectors, Transformation, Orchestration, Monitoring)] -> [Target System (SAP S/4HANA)]. Specific data entities (e.g., Sales Order, Business Partner, GL Journal) flow bi-directionally or uni-directionally, triggered by events or schedules."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Dynamics AX

Integrating Dynamics AX fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Mapping between Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA

Our iPaaS provides sophisticated tools to map and transform complex data structures between Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA, ensuring data integrity and consistency across your enterprise. AI-assisted mapping accelerates this process, inferring relationships and suggesting transformations.

Customer / Business Partner

Harmonizing customer master data is paramount. Dynamics AX uses a 'Customer' entity, while SAP S/4HANA consolidates customer and vendor data into the 'Business Partner' entity with specific roles.

Dynamics AX Fields

CustAccount Name PartyId Currency PaymentTerms CreditLimit CustGroup Address (multiple types)

SAP S/4HANA Fields

BusinessPartner BusinessPartnerCategory OrganizationName EmailAddress PhoneNumber StreetName CityName PostalCode Country TaxNumber FLCU00 (Customer Role)

Mapping Notes

Requires mapping of AX `CustAccount` to S/4HANA `BusinessPartner` ID, and creation of `Business Partner` with the 'Customer' role (FLCU00). Address types (Invoice, Delivery) need careful mapping to S/4HANA address types. `PartyId` in AX can serve as a correlation key for cross-system unique identification.

Next Steps

See Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA integration in action.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

Financial Transaction Aggregation & Posting

Automate the aggregation and posting of General Ledger Journal entries from Dynamics AX (e.g., from sub-ledgers, payroll, or expense management) into SAP S/4HANA's central ledger for consolidated financial reporting.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Dynamics AX generates General Ledger Journal entries (e.g., Inventory, Payroll, Expense).
  2. 1 iPaaS monitors AX for new or updated GL Journal entries.
  3. 2 Data transformation maps AX's `AccountNum` and `LedgerDimension` to S/4HANA's `GLAccount`, `CostCenter`, and `ProfitCenter`.
  4. 3 iPaaS posts the aggregated entries to S/4HANA via `APIFINANCIALACCOUNTINGDOCUMENTSRV`.
  5. 4 S/4HANA confirms posting, and iPaaS updates AX with status or logs for audit.

Business Outcome

Accelerated financial closing, improved accuracy of financial statements, centralized view of enterprise finances.

Frequency

Hourly / Daily (batch) or Near Real-time (event-driven for critical postings)

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Accelerated Financial Close
Automate the transfer of GL Journals and financial postings from Dynamics AX to SAP S/4HANA, significantly reducing the time and manual effort required for month-end and year-end close processes.
Unified Master Data
Achieve a single, consistent view of Customers, Vendors, and Products across both ERPs, eliminating data silos, reducing duplication, and improving data quality for sales, procurement, and finance.
Streamlined Operations
Automate complex end-to-end processes like Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash, from AX sales orders to S/4HANA invoicing, reducing manual intervention and accelerating business cycles.
Real-time Visibility
Gain instant insights into inventory levels, sales performance, and financial positions by synchronizing critical data in real-time, enabling faster, data-driven decision-making.
Reduced Operational Costs
Minimize manual data entry, reconciliation efforts, and the need for custom coding, leading to significant cost savings in IT and operational departments.
Enhanced Compliance & Security
Ensure robust audit trails, data encryption, and adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, SOX) across all integrated workflows, mitigating compliance risks.
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Accelerated Financial Close

30% Faster Close

📋 What You Get

Automate the transfer of GL Journals and financial postings from Dynamics AX to SAP S/4HANA, significantly reducing the time and manual effort required for month-end and year-end close processes.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 30% improvement in Faster Close, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /AIF/SalesOrderService/create Creating new sales orders in Dynamics AX from external systems (e.g., for orders originating in S/4HANA or a shared platform).
POST /AIF/SalesOrderService/read Retrieving sales order details from Dynamics AX for synchronization to S/4HANA or other systems.
POST /AIF/CustomerService/create Creating new customer records in Dynamics AX, typically from a master data management process or a CRM.
POST /AIF/InventItemService/update Updating product/item master data or inventory details in Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/GeneralLedgerJournalService/create Creating and posting general ledger journals from external financial systems into Dynamics AX.
POST /AIF/VendInvoiceService/create Posting vendor invoices into Dynamics AX, often from procurement systems or OCR solutions.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Data Type Conversion: Automatic conversion between different data types (e.g., string to decimal, date format adjustments).
  • ID Lookup & Cross-Referencing: Look up and map internal IDs (e.g., AX `CustAccount` to S/4HANA `BusinessPartner` ID) using cached reference data.
  • Conditional Logic: Apply transformations only if certain conditions are met (e.g., only sync invoices above a certain amount).
  • Field Concatenation/Splitting: Combine multiple source fields into one target field or split a single source field into multiple.
  • Default Value Assignment: Assign default values for fields not present in the source but required by the target.
  • Unit of Measure & Currency Conversion: Convert quantities and amounts between different units and currencies using defined exchange rates and conversion factors.
  • AI-Suggested Rules: AI analyzes historical data patterns to suggest complex business rules for data enrichment or validation.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Transient Network Issues: Handled by automatic retries with exponential backoff.
  • Data Validation Failures: Messages moved to DLQ, alerts triggered, requiring mapping or data correction.
  • Business Logic Conflicts: Identified by validation rules, requiring manual review or rule adjustment.
  • API Rate Limit Exceeded: iPaaS queues requests and retries with delay.
  • Target System Unavailable: Alerts triggered, retries attempted, and messages held in queue until system recovers.
  • Master Data Mismatch: AI-assisted conflict resolution or manual intervention to reconcile divergent records.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

General FAQs

▸ What are the common challenges when integrating Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA?
Common challenges include the complexity of AX's data model (e.g., AIF services, X++ customizations) and S/4HANA's Business Partner concept, ensuring master data consistency, managing real-time vs. batch processing, securing sensitive financial data, and abstracting the differences in API protocols (SOAP for AX AIF vs. OData for S/4HANA). Our iPaaS addresses these by providing pre-built connectors, visual mapping, and robust error handling.

Technology FAQs

▸ How does iPaaS improve Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA integration compared to traditional methods?
iPaaS offers visual, low-code/no-code development, pre-built connectors for both ERPs, robust data mapping and transformation, centralized monitoring, and support for API-first and event-driven patterns. This significantly reduces development time, maintenance costs, improves scalability, reliability, and allows business users to participate in integration design, unlike traditional custom coding or point-to-point integrations.

Technical FAQs

▸ Is real-time integration possible between Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA?
Yes, absolutely. With a modern iPaaS, real-time integration is highly achievable. For SAP S/4HANA, we leverage its native event-publishing capabilities (e.g., SAP Event Mesh) and OData APIs for immediate data exchange. For Dynamics AX, the iPaaS can utilize AIF services, custom web services, or database triggers to capture and push data in near real-time, enabling instant updates for critical workflows like inventory or sales orders.

AI FAQs

▸ What is the role of AI in Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA integrations?
AI significantly augments AX and S/4HANA integrations by providing intelligent automation. This includes AI-driven data validation, anomaly detection in financial transactions, smart routing of exceptions, automated mapping suggestions between complex schemas, and predictive insights. AI reduces manual effort, improves data quality, and enhances operational resilience, making integrations smarter and more robust.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How can I ensure data consistency between Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA?
Ensuring data consistency is a core strength of our iPaaS. Key strategies include establishing a clear 'system of record' for each master data entity (e.g., S/4HANA for Business Partner), implementing a canonical data model within the iPaaS, defining precise business rules for data synchronization, and using robust conflict resolution strategies. AI can also assist in proactively identifying and resolving data discrepancies.

Security FAQs

▸ What security considerations are crucial for Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA integrations?
Critical security considerations include robust authentication and authorization (OAuth 2.0, X.509, secure service accounts) for all integration endpoints, end-to-end data encryption in transit (TLS/SSL), secure storage of credentials, IP whitelisting, and strict adherence to data privacy regulations (GDPR, SOX). Our iPaaS ensures comprehensive auditing of all integration activities to meet compliance requirements.

Customization FAQs

▸ Can I integrate custom fields from Dynamics AX and SAP S/4HANA?
Yes, our iPaaS is designed to handle custom fields and extensions from both ERP systems. The visual mapping canvas allows you to easily incorporate these custom fields into your integration flows, ensuring that all relevant, extended business data is seamlessly synchronized without requiring custom code within the iPaaS.

Business Value FAQs

▸ How does this integration solution impact my ROI?
The integration significantly boosts ROI by driving operational efficiency (reduced manual effort, faster processes), reducing costs (less custom development, lower error rates), improving data quality for better decision-making, and enhancing customer satisfaction. It accelerates your time-to-value for both ERP investments by unlocking their full potential through unified processes and real-time insights.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Dynamics AX + SAP S/4HANA integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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